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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

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Inside the building's auditorium are the lines of poem commemorating the fallen soldiers who went to LMCMS during WWI. LMCMS, which was originally constructed as a memorial, will be turned into a magnet school in the fall of 2024.

NEWS: Central Middle School Curriculum Change

Maria Mosconi December 12, 2023

On Monday, Dec. 1, the USD497 Board of Education unanimously voted to make Liberty Memorial Central Middle School a 'magnet school,' or a public school with a unique curriculum. The accepted curriculum...

Following the Pre-ACT, freshmen sit waiting in the Commons before touring the building. For many, this was their first time being in Free State.

Board discusses budget shortfall due to enrollment decline

Isis Norris, Free Press Editor-in-Chief November 10, 2020

More than $2.65 million has been spent by the district to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, according to a report given by Executive Director of Finance Kathy Johnson at the Lawrence Public Schools Board...

Core classes like Kristen Diefendorf's Math 101 are at capacity.  The 2016 freshmen class was the largest the school has seen, "The ideal situations would be less students...we kinda know how some things work, we don't always agree with the ways things been done," Mr. Mellen spoke on the topic said.

Higher enrollment pressures counselors, teachers

Juna Murao, Reporter September 23, 2016

Cramming through the walls of people, students try to get to their lockers or class before the bell rings. Juniors and seniors might notice the growing population of the other grades this year.   Counselors...

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